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Hagler was all about business. Though I always thought (delusional) that if I were a fighter it would be Hearns I would emulate. Like him, I have really long arms in proportion to my body so always figured his style would be what I'd try to do
Mind you he has more boxing ability in his pinkie toe nail than I would ever muster up
Mind you he has more boxing ability in his pinkie toe nail than I would ever muster up
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Yeah, I've seen that - bit of a joke how it's being brushed over currently! I get that KSI may not even know that he did it, but it's been skirted about because he's the cash cow.
Oh it was straight out of the UFC lol.
Oh he has to know surely. It connected so hard with his head how can he not know?
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Having boxed myself, some weird things happen in the thick of it that you can't explain! Moreso with getting hit than hitting in my experience though
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Clear no contest, his left arm forced Fournier towards his right arm meaning the hook missed and ended up being an elbow.
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It's Mickey Mouse pantomime boxing anyway they'll just brush over it and keep the youtubers money train rolling.
Was a pretty nice elbow though. Flattened him! 
Just caught up on the action from the weekend. How Romero is a world champion after that performance, and coming off a loss, is mind boggling. But I'm glad to see Ohara's team threatening the WBA with legal action if they don't enforce his mandatory position. Ohara must be laughing, this would be the easiest route to a world strap that there is.
Excited about Haney vs Loma this weekend. It's a close fight but and I wont be surprised with either man getting their hand raised at the end. Right now though, gun-to-head, I'm going to say I'm leaning 60/40 to Haney. His younger, fresher and significantly bigger. Loma hasn't looked his usual self the last few outings but he is still Loma so to think any boxer is going to have an easy night with him would be extremely naive of me. I do think Teo has shown a bit of a blueprint with how to fight Loma but does Haney have the power Teo had to earn Loma's respect?
I'm expecting a slow but technical fight and probably very cagey for the first few rounds. This will not be a slug fest but expecting a lot of impressive countering and traps.
Other than that? Not really too excited about anything other than Inoue vs Fulton. Fed up of the clowning around going around in the heavyweight division and it feels like the middleweight one hasn't had anything meaningful in a while
Just caught up on the action from the weekend. How Romero is a world champion after that performance, and coming off a loss, is mind boggling. But I'm glad to see Ohara's team threatening the WBA with legal action if they don't enforce his mandatory position. Ohara must be laughing, this would be the easiest route to a world strap that there is.
Excited about Haney vs Loma this weekend. It's a close fight but and I wont be surprised with either man getting their hand raised at the end. Right now though, gun-to-head, I'm going to say I'm leaning 60/40 to Haney. His younger, fresher and significantly bigger. Loma hasn't looked his usual self the last few outings but he is still Loma so to think any boxer is going to have an easy night with him would be extremely naive of me. I do think Teo has shown a bit of a blueprint with how to fight Loma but does Haney have the power Teo had to earn Loma's respect?
I'm expecting a slow but technical fight and probably very cagey for the first few rounds. This will not be a slug fest but expecting a lot of impressive countering and traps.
Other than that? Not really too excited about anything other than Inoue vs Fulton. Fed up of the clowning around going around in the heavyweight division and it feels like the middleweight one hasn't had anything meaningful in a while
Would be down to the BBBC to call.
I think Haney will win but mostly due to the reach advantage helping him out, you never know in boxing though
I'm not sure I'd use the expression 'past it'. I'd certainly say he has slipped a bit but when you consider how good he was/is him slipping a bit is more like just levelling the skill levels. I suppose an argument could be made that Haney will be the, or one of the best, fighters Loma has faced (the opposite is also true). I would argue with myself and say Loma beat Rigondeaux who is probably one of the most skilled boxers out there but he was far too small for Loma. Whereas Haney is very skilled with a brilliant jab and massive compared to Loma. "A good big boxer beats a smaller good boxer" (not always true).
He's had a very long career though and a lot of miles on the clock. Father Time is undefeated.